I don’t usually get bored out of my skull when I’m at places where intellectual discussions are going on, but this has been a bit much. On the plus side, I’ve gotten to see a lot of interesting things around town. For instance, I saw a statue of General Hooker, a guy who specialised in getting “women of the night” for his men. I know you were always curious as to the etymology of the word ‘hooker’. Now you know.

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